Share with friends and circle of friends with wechat scan QR code < / P > < p > on June 24, apple is stepping up its efforts to defend itself as the United States and the European Union successively introduce anti-monopoly legislation to put pressure on American technology giants, hoping to continue to strictly control which applications can be installed on users' iPhones < p > before Apple defended its mobile operating system (IOS), the US House Judiciary Committee planned to debate a package of legislative proposals aimed at restricting large US technology companies on Wednesday local time. These include the American innovation and choice online act, which actually gives Apple users more control over which apps they download on their devices < p > < / P > < p > the bill may prevent apple from continuing to block what is known as sideloading, which means that users can install apps directly on the iPhone without going through the Apple App store. In Europe, the digital Markets Act was introduced in December last year, and is now in the process of legislation. It also supports the sideloading function < p > Apple wrote to the Committee earlier, arguing that allowing users to download apps directly to the iPhone without using the Apple App store will threaten privacy and security, complicate parental control, and may expose user data to blackmail attacks, thus harming users' interests < p > Timothy powdelly, Apple's senior director of American government affairs, wrote: "apple is grateful for the opportunity to contact members of the House Judiciary Committee. Our common goal is to ensure that U.S. law and Apple's business practices promote competition, promote innovation, and provide consumers with interests and key protections." < p > but Apple argues that the proposed legislation will increase privacy risks, reduce competition, and make parents no longer believe that app stores can protect their children. "The iPhone is perfect for people who don't want to balance the risk every time they download an app," Baudry wrote. Some clients may want to, but Congress should not impose this model on everyone. The legislation requiring apple to allow sideloading will prevent apple from continuing to provide consumers with this safer choice, thereby reducing competition and harming consumers' interests. " < p > Apple also argues that sideloading apps "may carry blackmail software, or trick users into downloading fake popular apps that can steal login credentials and monitor users. This will make it easier for criminals to put iPhone users at risk. " "Parents are also deeply concerned about protecting their children in the digital world," Baudry wrote. Congress should not increase the burden by forcing the iPhone to open to less secure apps. Parents rely on Apple's security ecosystem to guard against malicious apps that sell their children's data or expose them to inappropriate content. In addition, the proposal for in app purchases will severely limit the effectiveness of child safety functions such as "ask to buy" parental controls. " < p > in response to Apple's criticism of favoring its own apps in the app store, apple said that all categories of its apps are facing fierce competition from very successful developers. "We attract customers by constantly improving the core features of the iPhone, including many products in the app store," Baudry said. The success of third-party applications in the app store itself shows the problem. We have no incentive to discriminate against developers. " < p > Apple also said that its main business is "device based", which "inspires apple to create high-quality applications and set high standards." If the legislation requires companies to "hand over their intellectual property rights" to other companies, it will "allow third parties to take advantage of Apple's investment and hard work without paying any price." < p > Apple is not the only technology company to raise objections to a number of anti-monopoly legislation of the US House Judiciary Committee. Brian huseman, Amazon's vice president for public policy, said in a statement on Tuesday that the proposed legislation "will have a significant negative impact on hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized U.S. businesses that sell goods in our stores and tens of millions of consumers who buy products from Amazon.". He urged the committee to delay action and assess the impact of the bill < p > Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, said at a technology conference in Paris last week that sideloading would endanger the privacy and security of Apple users < p > industry organizations, including Epic Games, the developer of the popular video game fortress night, and spotify, the streaming music service platform, praised the practice of allowing sideloading in the legislation. Meghan dimuzio, the group's executive director, said it was "an important step towards accountability for the platform's anti competitive practices." Both Epic Games and spotify have argued with apple over its app store rules < p > Apple takes up to 30% of revenue from apps distributed through its app store and controls content and other practices. The app store is an important part of Apple's services business, which generated $16.9 billion in revenue last quarter "Allowing sideloading will reduce the security of the IOS platform and expose users to serious security risks, not only in third-party app stores, but also in Apple App Stores," Apple said in a report on Wednesday. Due to the large number of iPhone users and the storage of sensitive data (such as photos, location data, health and financial information) on the phone, allowing sideloading will stimulate a large number of new attacks. " < p > in recent years, apple and cook have vigorously promoted Apple's privacy policy and launched more tools, making it more difficult for other companies to profit from iPhone users' data. He often compares the business models of apple with those of its competitors, such as Google, which mainly sells devices, software and services, while Google and others earn money by advertising on user data < p > Cook said last week that Google's Android mobile operating system is more vulnerable to malware attacks than Apple's IOS. Android allows sideloading, and Google has defended its security in the past. According to Google's latest transparency report, less than 0.2% of Android devices have installed malicious apps through Google App store < p > in May this year, Epic Games sued apple in an antitrust lawsuit aimed at allowing it to offer games on Apple devices outside the app store. Epic Games has said Apple has improperly controlled software distribution on devices it sells and forced developers to use its in app payment systemUnification. The company said that supporting sideloading apps on the iPhone is no different from Apple allowing similar practices on its PC. On PC, users can easily download software < p > but Apple refutes that. The company told the judge that the threat to the iPhone was unique because it was a mobile phone and said its process of vetting the app before distribution helped ensure security. The judge is expected to rule on the case in the coming weeks& nbsp; & nbsp;（ Small) < / P > < p >